Cold intolerance
Alternate Names : Sensitivity to the cold, Intolerance to cold
Home Care & Treatment
Follow the recommended therapy for treating the cause of the problem.
Call your Health Care Provider if
Call your health care provider if you have long-term or extreme intolerance to cold.
What to Expect at your Health Care Provider's Office
Your health care provider will take a medical history and perform a physical examination. Medical history questions may include:
- Time pattern
- Have you always been intolerant of cold?
- Has this developed recently?
- Has it been getting worse?
- Do you often feel cold when other people do not complain of the cold?
- Medical history
- What is your diet like?
- How is your general health?
- What are your height and weight?
- What other symptoms do you have?
Tests that may be performed include: If your health care provider diagnosed cold intolerance, you may want to note that diagnosis in your personal medical record.
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